]]>cleanNonono32:12Beacon Staffhttp://mainebeacon.com/collins-continues-to-talk-one-way-and-vote-another/Court fights on election and Medicaid are last gasps of losing Republicanshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mainebeacon/~3/820K-Irslzo/
Fri, 30 Nov 2018 12:45:22 +0000Beacon Staffhttp://mainebeacon.com/?p=11277This week on the podcast it’s a long list of Republicans behaving badly, from Rep. Bruce Poliquin attempting to undermine Maine’s democracy to Sen. Susan Collins falling in line on Trump and his extreme nominees, to Gov. Paul LePage continuing a Medicaid fight he’s already lost, denying health care to thousands of Mainers for just a few more weeks.

]]>This week on the podcast it’s a long list of Republicans behaving badly, from Rep. Bruce Poliquin attempting to undermine Maine’s democracy to Sen. Susan Collins falling in line on Trump and his extreme nominees, to Gov. Paul LePage continuing a Medicaid fight he’s already lost, denying health care to thousands of Mainers for just a few more weeks.

]]>This week on the podcast it’s a long list of Republicans behaving badly, from Rep. Bruce Poliquin attempting to undermine Maine’s democracy to Sen. Susan Collins falling in line on Trump and his extreme nominees, to Gov. Paul LePage continuing a Medicaid fight he’s already lost, denying health care to thousands of Mainers for just a few more weeks.

]]>cleanNonono35:08Beacon Staffhttp://mainebeacon.com/court-fights-on-election-and-medicaid-are-last-gasps-of-losing-republicans/Podcast: Esther Anne on Dawnland and the work of healing and changehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mainebeacon/~3/kT85qG3-740/
Thu, 22 Nov 2018 14:35:32 +0000Beacon Staffhttp://mainebeacon.com/?p=11164This week on the Beacon podcast, Taryn Hallweaver interviews Ether Anne, a founder of the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission, on the new film Dawnland and Maine’s ongoing history of oppression of native peoples.

]]>This week on the Beacon podcast, Taryn Hallweaver interviews Ether Anne, a founder of the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission, on the new film Dawnland and Maine’s ongoing history of oppression of native peoples.

]]>This week on the Beacon podcast, Taryn Hallweaver interviews Ether Anne, a founder of the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission, on the new film Dawnland and Maine’s ongoing history of oppression of native peoples.

]]>cleanNonono16:29Beacon Staffhttp://mainebeacon.com/podcast-esther-anne-on-dawnland-and-the-work-of-healing-and-change/Here’s to the hundreds of activists who spent two years holding Bruce Poliquin to accounthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mainebeacon/~3/ExJacR8dIyk/
Fri, 16 Nov 2018 12:39:33 +0000Beacon Staffhttp://mainebeacon.com/?p=11093This week on the Beacon Podcast, Ben and Mike discuss Representative-elect Jared Golden’s victory in CD2, Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s sore-loser lawsuit, and the historical precedent for Maine’s system of voting (with Ben sharing some surprising history from the 1840s). They also acknowledge the hard work of hundreds of activists who held Poliquin to account for his votes to repeal health care and give massive tax breaks to the wealthy and who paved the way for his electoral defeat.

Also: Rep. Ryan Tipping, chair of the legislature’s taxation committee, stops by to give a preview of the upcoming legislative session.

Plus: Taryn has an important update on the race for Attorney General and Ben has a new favorite song.

You can ask a question or leave a comment for a future show at (207) 619-3182.

]]>This week on the Beacon Podcast, Ben and Mike discuss Representative-elect Jared Golden’s victory in CD2, Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s sore-loser lawsuit, and the historical precedent for Maine’s system of voting (with Ben sharing some surprising history from the 1840s). They also acknowledge the hard work of hundreds of activists who held Poliquin to account for his votes to repeal health care and give massive tax breaks to the wealthy and who paved the way for his electoral defeat.

Also: Rep. Ryan Tipping, chair of the legislature’s taxation committee, stops by to give a preview of the upcoming legislative session.

Plus: Taryn has an important update on the race for Attorney General and Ben has a new favorite song.

You can ask a question or leave a comment for a future show at (207) 619-3182.

]]>This week on the Beacon Podcast, Ben and Mike discuss Representative-elect Jared Golden’s victory in CD2, Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s sore-loser lawsuit, and the historical precedent for Maine’s system of voting (with Ben sharing some surprising history from the 1840s). They also acknowledge the hard work of hundreds of activists who held Poliquin to account for his votes to repeal health care and give massive tax breaks to the wealthy and who paved the way for his electoral defeat.

Also: Rep. Ryan Tipping, chair of the legislature’s taxation committee, stops by to give a preview of the upcoming legislative session.

Plus: Taryn has an important update on the race for Attorney General and Ben has a new favorite song.

You can ask a question or leave a comment for a future show at (207) 619-3182.

]]>cleanNonono36:13Beacon Staffhttp://mainebeacon.com/heres-to-the-hundreds-of-activists-who-spent-two-years-holding-bruce-poliquin-to-account/Meet the candidates for Maine AG, the most important race you haven’t heard ofhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mainebeacon/~3/BoXip1n8JTE/
Wed, 14 Nov 2018 11:55:50 +0000Beacon Staffhttp://mainebeacon.com/?p=11009Update: This episode was updated to include an interview with District Attorney Maeghan Maloney.

In this special episode of the Beacon podcast, Taryn Hallweaver interviews all four Democratic candidates running for Attorney General in Maine. This important position will be selected by members of the legislature later this week. Maine is the only state that uses this relatively under-the-radar process to choose an AG.

Listen to Sen. Mike Carpenter, Sen. Mark Dion, Rep. Aaron Frey, and Tim Shannon describe their positions on the opioid crisis, criminal justice reform and more. If you have a favorite candidate by the end of the podcast, be sure to call your newly-elected state senator and state representative and let them know.

You can ask a question or leave a comment for a future show at (207) 619-3182.

]]>Update: This episode was updated to include an interview with District Attorney Maeghan Maloney.

In this special episode of the Beacon podcast, Taryn Hallweaver interviews all four Democratic candidates running for Attorney General in Maine. This important position will be selected by members of the legislature later this week. Maine is the only state that uses this relatively under-the-radar process to choose an AG.

Listen to Sen. Mike Carpenter, Sen. Mark Dion, Rep. Aaron Frey, and Tim Shannon describe their positions on the opioid crisis, criminal justice reform and more. If you have a favorite candidate by the end of the podcast, be sure to call your newly-elected state senator and state representative and let them know.

You can ask a question or leave a comment for a future show at (207) 619-3182.

]]>Update: This episode was updated to include an interview with District Attorney Maeghan Maloney.

In this special episode of the Beacon podcast, Taryn Hallweaver interviews all four Democratic candidates running for Attorney General in Maine. This important position will be selected by members of the legislature later this week. Maine is the only state that uses this relatively under-the-radar process to choose an AG.

Listen to Sen. Mike Carpenter, Sen. Mark Dion, Rep. Aaron Frey, and Tim Shannon describe their positions on the opioid crisis, criminal justice reform and more. If you have a favorite candidate by the end of the podcast, be sure to call your newly-elected state senator and state representative and let them know.

You can ask a question or leave a comment for a future show at (207) 619-3182.

]]>cleanNonono33:24Beacon Staffhttp://mainebeacon.com/meet-the-candidates-for-maine-ag-the-most-important-race-you-havent-heard-of/With Maine’s new Democratic government, progress just became possiblehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mainebeacon/~3/7a53hvE27bQ/
Fri, 09 Nov 2018 13:20:21 +0000Beacon Staffhttp://mainebeacon.com/?p=10954With Democrats having won the governorship and Maine House and Senate by wide margins in Tuesday’s elections, the new governing majority has a chance not just to undo many of the backwards policies of the LePage administration but to move the state forward on a wide range of important issues.

This week on the Beacon podcast, Taryn, Ben and Mike discuss the election results in Maine and across the country, what comes next, and the work it will take to enact real change.

Plus: Ranked-choice voting in CD2, the drubbing of Question 1, and a preview of Taryn’s interviews with Maine’s four candidates for Attorney General (which will be released soon as a special episode).

You can ask a question or leave a comment for a future show at (207) 619-3182.

]]>With Democrats having won the governorship and Maine House and Senate by wide margins in Tuesday’s elections, the new governing majority has a chance not just to undo many of the backwards policies of the LePage administration but to move the state forward on a wide range of important issues.

This week on the Beacon podcast, Taryn, Ben and Mike discuss the election results in Maine and across the country, what comes next, and the work it will take to enact real change.

Plus: Ranked-choice voting in CD2, the drubbing of Question 1, and a preview of Taryn’s interviews with Maine’s four candidates for Attorney General (which will be released soon as a special episode).

You can ask a question or leave a comment for a future show at (207) 619-3182.

]]>With Democrats having won the governorship and Maine House and Senate by wide margins in Tuesday’s elections, the new governing majority has a chance not just to undo many of the backwards policies of the LePage administration but to move the state forward on a wide range of important issues.

This week on the Beacon podcast, Taryn, Ben and Mike discuss the election results in Maine and across the country, what comes next, and the work it will take to enact real change.

Plus: Ranked-choice voting in CD2, the drubbing of Question 1, and a preview of Taryn’s interviews with Maine’s four candidates for Attorney General (which will be released soon as a special episode).

You can ask a question or leave a comment for a future show at (207) 619-3182.

]]>cleanNonono36:07Beacon Staffhttp://mainebeacon.com/with-maines-new-democratic-government-progress-just-became-possible/Veterans, nurses make closing argument for Question 1http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mainebeacon/~3/R2MZhWxZq7c/
Fri, 02 Nov 2018 22:09:35 +0000Beacon Staffhttp://mainebeacon.com/?p=10831This week on the Beacon podcast, Taryn, Ben and Mike go up and down the ballot, discussing Question 1 (and some last-minute pleas from Maine nurses and veterans), the governor’s race, the U.S. Senate contest and the close race in CD 2.

Plus: a discussion of the rise of white nationalism in Maine politics, framed by Crash Barry’s investigative report on Larry Lockman’s hate machine in The Bollard and a recently-published Beacon interview with journalist Andy O’Brien, who tracks alt-right influence in Maine.

You can ask a question or leave a comment for a future show at (207) 619-3182.

]]>This week on the Beacon podcast, Taryn, Ben and Mike go up and down the ballot, discussing Question 1 (and some last-minute pleas from Maine nurses and veterans), the governor’s race, the U.S. Senate contest and the close race in CD 2.

Plus: a discussion of the rise of white nationalism in Maine politics, framed by Crash Barry’s investigative report on Larry Lockman’s hate machine in The Bollard and a recently-published Beacon interview with journalist Andy O’Brien, who tracks alt-right influence in Maine.

You can ask a question or leave a comment for a future show at (207) 619-3182.

]]>This week on the Beacon podcast, Taryn, Ben and Mike go up and down the ballot, discussing Question 1 (and some last-minute pleas from Maine nurses and veterans), the governor’s race, the U.S. Senate contest and the close race in CD 2.

Plus: a discussion of the rise of white nationalism in Maine politics, framed by Crash Barry’s investigative report on Larry Lockman’s hate machine in The Bollard and a recently-published Beacon interview with journalist Andy O’Brien, who tracks alt-right influence in Maine.

You can ask a question or leave a comment for a future show at (207) 619-3182.

]]>cleanNonono38:12Beacon Staffhttp://mainebeacon.com/poliquins-big-lie-on-climate-change/King: We must ‘fight like hell’ to stop cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Securityhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mainebeacon/~3/c00QR8e-8rw/
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 12:25:58 +0000Beacon Staffhttp://mainebeacon.com/?p=10550U.S. Senator Angus King joins the podcast this week to discuss the Kavanaugh confirmation, the IPCC climate change report, the Mueller investigation and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s remarks on paying for the Republicans’ tax cuts for large corporations and the wealthy by cutting Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

]]>U.S. Senator Angus King joins the podcast this week to discuss the Kavanaugh confirmation, the IPCC climate change report, the Mueller investigation and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s remarks on paying for the Republicans’ tax cuts for large corporations and the wealthy by cutting Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

]]>U.S. Senator Angus King joins the podcast this week to discuss the Kavanaugh confirmation, the IPCC climate change report, the Mueller investigation and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s remarks on paying for the Republicans’ tax cuts for large corporations and the wealthy by cutting Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

]]>cleanNonono46:40Beacon Staffhttp://mainebeacon.com/king-we-must-fight-like-hell-to-stop-cuts-to-medicare-medicaid-and-social-security/Why do Shawn Moody’s ads look like they were shot in 1996?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mainebeacon/~3/bO-7evHLRdg/
Fri, 12 Oct 2018 11:56:54 +0000Beacon Staffhttp://mainebeacon.com/?p=10457Ben and Taryn explain the strategy behind the lo-fi look and analyze all the TV ads in the gubernatorial race. They also pick a winner for best ad, and their choice may surprise you.

Also: Reactions to Sen. Susan Collins’ pro-Kavanaugh speech and an update on Question 1, the universal home care initiative.

Plus: how reading science fiction can make you a better activist.

You can ask a question or leave a comment for a future show at (207) 619-3182.